HydroGlobe is a company of scientists, engineers and businesspeople, who are convinced that the prevalence of heavy metals, particularly arsenic, in water poses a serious and continuing threat to human health - and have decided to do something about it.

Our History
In 1997 at the Center for Environmental Systems at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey, researchers developed the "Direct Co-precipitation Filtration Process"* which they successfully piloted at sites in the United States to remove contaminants such as arsenic, chromium, selenium, copper and lead from groundwater and surface water.

Based on this technology, HydroGlobe was founded in 2001. These same researchers invented a simple, inexpensive family-sized filter. In their first application, they created the first arsenic-free village in Bangladesh, attracting the world's attention to the dire health risk posed to its 70 million people.

For that success and others, HydroGlobe was awarded "Most Socially Responsible Company" at the New Jersey Technology Council Venture Fair in 2002. The next year HydroGlobe won the "Best Early Stage Company" award at the same fair.

Recently, we were awarded a contract to demonstrate the effectiveness of our lead removal from leachate in firing range berms.

Today, HydroGlobe, as the sole and exclusive licensee of water technologies from Stevens Institute, has teamed with industry partners to supply products that efficiently and effectively remove heavy metals from water.

What We Offer
HydroGlobe offers three equipment products, ActivMetÙ†, FerriMetÙ†, and MetSorbÙ†. These technologies combine simple, time-tested filtration chemistry with novel inventions and applications to achieve extremely high (up to 99%) removal of arsenic and heavy metals at a greater than 40% cost reduction over current products. Our revolutionary new filtration media, MetSorb, developed for packaging in cartridges, is opening up a whole new market - for in-home water arsenic removal. MetSorb is also available in larger quantities for use in municipal systems.

The Dangers of Arsenic
The presence of arsenic in drinking water is a known human carcinogen with the lifetime excess cancer risk at ten parts-per-billion (ppb) of one in three hundred people. Various diseases such as melanosis, gangrene and skin, liver, bladder, and lung cancers have been attributed to the accumulation of arsenic compounds in the body at low intake levels. Arsenic wastes are generated from petroleum refining, glass melting, coal combustion, natural gas combustion, and the mining and smelting of sulfide ores. Arsenic compounds have been used as insecticides, pesticides and wood preservatives. Arsenic is the 20th most common element and is found in certain geological formations, as well.

The Elimination of Arsenic
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has lowered the amount of acceptable arsenic levels in drinking water to ten parts-per-billion (ppb). This dramatic reduction requires new technology. Many states are expected to comply before the 2006 Federal deadline. Perhaps an even more dramatic and sustaining trend will be the adoption of arsenic filtration media by consumers in the home, who will respond by demanding an arsenic level of 0% at their faucets. Awareness of this issue is growing.

Now is the time for solutions that work. At HydroGlobe, we've already developed them.

To see how our cleaner water technology works, learn about our products or read some case studies.

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†Patent Pending